On 25 March 2010, the Federal Supreme Court issued opinion 25 of 2010 on the meaning of Article 76 of the constitution, the first part of which reads: The President of the Republic shall charge the nominee of the largest Council of Representatives bloc with the formation of the Council of Ministers within fifteen days […]
Read MoreThe order of events will be: ratification of results, the call to the Council of Representatives to convene, the election of a speaker, the election of the new President, the nomination and approval of the Council of Ministers.
Read MoreA candidate for election to the Council of Representatives must be an Iraqi (Article 49(2) of the Constitution) who is not permitted to combine the office with any work or other official position (Article 49(6)). Article 6 of the Election Law No. 16 of 2005 states that: A candidate must be a voter [i.e. registered […]
Read MoreReider Visser in The National on 18 February 2010 brings light to an underlooked raft of impending organisational changes to the governance of Iraq after the 7 March election. Many of the transitional provisions contained in Section 6, Chapter 2 of the 2005 Constitution, commencing at Article 132, will no longer apply to the newly […]
Read MoreThe normal Federal Judiciary is described here. This post lists the courts and tribunals outside the administration of the Higher Judicial Council. Article 95 of the Constitution states that: The establishment of special or extraordinary courts is prohibited. Article 15(I) of the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) had stated: Civilians may not be tried before a […]
Read MoreFrance 24 reports on a new law on Parliamentary privileges passed by the Council of Representatives after two attempts by the Presidency Council to challenge the law by returning it to the Parliament. Under Article 138(Fifth)(C) of the Constitution after the Presidency Council returns a law for a second time, the Council of Representatives can […]
Read MoreAfter the 1958 Revolution, Iraq had a series of interim or temporary constitutions. The Revolutionary Command Council as a legislative power came into being in 1963, pursuant to Law No. 25 of 1963 which was replaced by Law No. 61 of 1964, amended by Law No. 173 of 1964 and then repealed by Law No. […]
Read MoreThe Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) was created in 2004 as the successor to the Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector General (CPA-IG). It was created by the US Congress to provide oversight of the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) and all obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in Iraq. […]
Read MoreThe Constitutional Review Committee sub-committee’s report suggesting amendments to the Constitution is available from the the Council of Representatives website. This document includes the amendments along with U of U annotations. This copy is a marked up version of the original constitution. Blue text is said to represent amendments and red text additions. There are also […]
Read MoreAll CPA Regulations, Orders, Memoranda and Notices can be found on the CPA Official Archive site.* The CPA legislated by edicts signed by Paul Bremer, the ‘Administrator’. Regulation Number 1 signed 16 May 2003, states that it is made “Pursuant to my authority as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) relevant UN Security Council resolutions, […]
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